Printer&#39;s and embosser&#39;s make-ready.



No. 827,366. *TENTED JULYal, '1906.

J. W.'HARRIS &' My M; KANDLB. PRINTERS AND EMBossERs .MAKE READY. i

APPLICATION' FILED NOV. 18,`1905.

Samb/vsn JOSEPH w. I IARRI's. or' RLKIN s PARK. ARIS MATTHIAS M. KANDLE. or

1` I JHIIi-ADELPHIA; PENNSYLVANIA.

Montgomery, and

1,. l l, y. PRINTERS- ANDl EMBQSSeFrs. MAKE-READY..

. Patented July 31, 1906.

septum@ am Nambe is, 1905. serial Na 287.922.

'concern' county of 1 lvania, have in'- mrovements 1n cke-Ready, of

' "constructinggand 'constructionof a foundal tion forv supporting the niaterialto be printed, .1mpressed,'orembossed which shall have-,the

' confo'rmationl of the' printing, im

I5v embossing formand caribe quic y produced .I'/ lnprintingthe face presents an irregiilarsurface'which requires that the L vape'r,or. ,ot her material'tobev ,20l s habe supported on same conformation,` so

printed aasurface-havlng the thatthe -type shall effect launiform impression. To rovide'a su' portingesurface' conforming'to t e face oft e printing-form, it' has been customary to build 25gupon Ithe"- press. platen. or cylinder Awhat is `known as the fmake-ready. f thereon tissue or other suitablepaper toprovide elevations and depressions registering With-similar depressions and elevations in the penditu're f time with 'very considerable exout always 'obtaining In embossing! there is ,required to :be produced 'on'the press platen 4or cylinder a form corresponding 1n reverse k35 contour to thatcoactin A duce the impresslbn., ticed the operations of 'sa't present prac-' leveling or roviding the proper conformation between t e suporting nd lmp ours an sometlmes u factory. results, While the desired conditions can be secured 'a few minutes.

In our mode of operation. we employa ressing surfaces require vdays to obtain satis by our improvements 45 substanceV that becomes soft when subjected to heat and hardens' on coolin the make-ready. Asv the platenor-cylinder 5 is laced a suitable whenv it isl bossin form, the imp 55 and t e desired-rests vwith a heat-insulatingl impressed by the printing in providing y practiced", A press 1s covered material and thereon prefera of the is sufficient ysoft,

resson being retained ting snrfslcegjprovided' 'material penetrating lopen spaces the -formin' gundeslrable sharp irregularities which represents a' sectional view bly-.packing .fr

y.by means of the wires .therewith to pro the usual manner or by ftherein and impressed with the design 4 eater. Hard rubber;y cel uloid, or other suitable substance is laced thereon and heated until it lp i thereby-through the Withdrawal ofl the'heat Be itknown that We,'JosEPH W. HARRIS, residing'at `Elkins Park, in the and the hardeningof the substance. Inprintin a 'covering consisting of the usual packing ofdayers` of Eaperor' other suitable material, together wit atou heard, sheet metal, or the- 6o like, is placed `on t e bedto be-made plasticv nd im ressed, andv theimpression is effected throu llisuch coverinto prevent the plastic etween-type or other orms face or otherwisef' 5 interfere the uses o he orm produced. 'In thev accompanying drawings, Fi re 1- showing t eini tial relation of means for practicin the invention as applied to embossing. 1g. 21rep- .resents a second'frelation of the die in contactwith the make-ready fOrmeVthereby. Fig.

3 represents a third relation with the die ele V vated 1n position. to press u on the make- 75 material-.tobe'em ossed. Figpl representsa sectional view of the initial relation of. means for practicin the invention as ap lied to printing, and ig. 5-represents.

8o* om bringing themtogether. w As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 310i thev drawgs, theginvention may ...be racticed by means of the press-.platen 1, atforcylindrical,A having 'thereon the layer of asbes 85 tos -2 for supporting, and insulating a suitable' heater, 4such as a resistance-plate', through which an electric current is passed 4 .tolieat and soften a layer 5 thereon of rubber,. celluloid, or the' like to be molded tothe forni 5 by a dieor form 6- bearing 4the configuration to 4be ern-- bossed. on aper'or other suitable material, the' 'form 5 beinguitably held in positioninl` means of irregularities 3 fin the heater-surface. The male die having been formed and hardened by cooling due to cutting off the current through the heater, the material to be embossed is laced Y y the, roo pressure of the female die thereon. i

In`Figs. 4 and 5, aspreviously-.described, the laten"1,`-flat or cylindrical, asthereo'n the eatand- .current insulator 2, the heater 3 in` circuit 'with'the'fwires 4,` and the layer V5 of m5 A or the like on the heater.. Top'rovide .ama e-ready 'for the form 7 that .sha lhave the'congurationof the face .thereof witho'u l the-open spaces, there printing-form 7 is brought into contact, the

plastic material is brought to the form 5,

constituting the leveler, and the paper thereon is brought to theforms 8 and 9, constituting the packin having the congurations of the face o the form. The current being cut off, the bodyA of the make-ready thus formed sets and the surface for supporting the material to be printed is now pro erly level and, if desired, the layer 9 may e removed.

It will be understood that the make-ready must be formed upon the platen, because of the practical difficulty of producing it otherwise and because'the irregular character of printing-surfaces is such that it would beimpracticable for the purposes of this invention to operate in any other manner.

H aving described our invention, we claim- 1. The method of constructing a makeready which consists in supporting a substance upon a platen, and there heating' said .substance to plasticity, molding it to the general configuration ol' a form used for making an impression, and hardening it by cooling.

2. AInake-ready composed of a substance rendered plastic by heat and hardened by cooling, a support for said substance, a heater for softening said substance, an insulator between said support and heater, and a form for molding said substance to the configuration required for properly supporting amaterial to be impressed.

3. A make-ready composed of a substance rendered plastic by heat and hardened by cooling, a press platen or cylinder, a heater for softening said substance, an insulator between said platen and heater, and a form which molds said substance substantially to its own configuration and impresses a material supported on said molded form. i 4. A make-ready composed of a substance softened by heat, means for heatin said substance, a form for molding said su stance, a packing of paper, and a sheet of stiff material to prevent soft composition owing in open spaces between type or in the face of the form.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto y set our hands, this 14th day of November,

1905, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH w. HARRIS. MATTHIAS M. HANDLE.

Witnesses ROBERT JAMES EARLEY, UTLEY E. CRANE, Jr. 

